The Telegraph's Mark Ogden today reported the news that was shared by Sports Business Daily (SBD) that reigning Premier League champions Manchester United have appointed Universal Sports chief executive David Sternberg as the Old Trafford club's head of media.… continue...
The old adage "you don't ask, you don't get" is one well understood and appreciated by one lucky Houston Rockets fan who tweeted her favourite player, forward Charlie Parsons, inviting the breakout youngster to accompany to her prom. Parsons couldn't… continue...
Ricky Hatton's in-ring comeback last November may not have ended in the victory that he so desperately craved but the manner in which Hatton rallied the general public, media and his fellow professionals is rightly described as being "the road to redemption"… continue...
When Spanish giants Barcelona last week announced the signature of Brazilian football's darling, Neymar, there was much fanfare as one of the biggest clubs in the world had secured the signature of one of football's most coveted young stars. Ensuing outpourings… continue...
The much expected second coming of the 'Special One' was confirmed by Chelsea Football Club today on their website and official Facebook and Twitter accounts much to the delight of Chelsea fans and the British press who showed their obvious admiration for… continue...
Internet dating is a pretty big deal these days, as is social media within all areas of the respective worlds of sports and entertainment, so it should come as little surprise that one NBA star used the power of Twitter to get himself a date with a rather… continue...
The Chicago White Sox have this year created the #SoxSocial lounge at their world renowned Cellular Field stadium in a unique, one of a kind attempt to bring together fans' digital and physical experiences of home games. The lounge incorporates a number of… continue...
On the release of Premier League football club Everton’s new crest, disappointment and anger emanated from many Evertonians. The new design most notably ditches the Latin “Nil Satis Nisi Optimum” surrounding the badge and is a more compact and simpler… continue...
English football's anti-discrimination group Kick It Out have today released details of their "Tackling Discrimination" survey as well as plans to launch a new mobile phone app for fans to report discrimination "seen, heard or experienced".… continue...
This season's Champions League final, featuring two German sides for the first time, has set an unprecedented standard for live football events with UEFA today releasing the full extent of the game's impact online in the build up to, during and after Saturday's… continue...
In the week that Jack Wilshere shared the new England kit, with a 150 Years stamp on it, through his Twitter account, here are just some of the clubs who have already let the social media sphere know what they’ll be wearing next season. By May 22, Stoke… continue...
Media giants Twitter and ESPN have announced that the pair are to expand their partnership to bring promoted, near real-time video highlights to the micro-blogging site to encourage further advertisement and bring action from major sporting events from around… continue...
Milwaukee Brewers are hosting a social media night on the 28th May to discuss how far social media in sport has grown hosted by Tom Haudricourt a local reporter who has covered the Brewers for multiple years.This night will be visited by a Brewers player… continue...
StarCount is the place to discover who's topping the global social media charts - in music, sport, film, fashion, gaming, TV and thousands more categories. And FC Barcelona has been chosen one of the finalists in order to be re-chosen the best football club… continue...
Ball Street’s new YouTube show will air tomorrow night with Ian Wright and Jimmy Bullard discussing issues from the top four leagues in England. The show, cleverly titled ‘4-5-1,’ looks at four leagues, five topics, in one show. The popularity of Ball… continue...
Everton and England Ladies’ Toni Duggan has used Twitter to hit back at Metro and Huffington Post, after they both published stories claiming Duggan had said she would be willing to strip off for magazines to promote the female game. Dubbed ‘the David… continue...
The beginning of the 2014 NFL season will mark the opening of the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium which is likely to boast the best publicly accessible Wi-Fi network from a sports facility in America. Over 68,000 fans are will be flocking to watch the… continue...
March Madness is almost upon us! The tournament in the United States – otherwise known as the NCAA Men’s Division 1 Basketball Championship – is a single-elimination tournament held annually. 68 college basketball teams take part, each aiming to become… continue...
After Curtis Woodhouse felt that enough was enough and decided to seek out an online troll it became a world-wide news story, reported here on Anchorfan first. Woodhouse’s actions gained attention from newspapers and websites in almost every part of the… continue...
The ever growing influence of social media within sports has been given a video infographic treatment by the Associated Press to put some numbers and facts behind its rise. The fact that the London Olympics had 300 million more viewers than the Beijing games,… continue...
